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Canonization cause advances for married couple killed in Rwandan genocide

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Michelle La Rosa
Sep 27, 2021
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A married couple killed at the start of the 1994 Rwandan genocide is moving one step closer to canonization.

Daphrose and Cyprien Rugumba. Copyright Emmanuel Community Archives.

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The diocesan inquiry into the lives of Cyprien and Daphrose Rugumba concluded last week. If canonized, the couple will become the first Rwandans declared to be saints.

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